G/TBT/N/KOR/823  
 
16 April 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):  - 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Documents are available from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT)  
website ( www.molit.go.kr ). Also available from:  
Railway Traffic Safety Division  
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport  
11, Doum -ro 6, Sejong Special Self -governing City, 30103, Republic of Korea  
Tel: (+82)  44-201-4608 
Fax: (+82) 44 -201-5672 
Email: sonys3559@korea.kr ; ljyun@korea.kr   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Railroad 
constituents notified by MOLIT (Korean government); Rails and railway components 
(ICS 45.080)  
5. Title, number of  pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Amendment of the technical regulations for the railroad constituents, (145 pages, available 
in Korean) (145 page(s), in Korean)  
6. Description of content:  [Background on the technical regulations for railroad 
constituents]  
ㅇ Regarding railroad constituents notified by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and 
Transport (MOLIT), the manufacturer (or his representative) shall get type approval 
from MOLIT for the newly -designed railroad constituents or rem arkably modified 
constituents. Also, manufacturer shall obtain manufacturer approval from MOLIT to 
enter into mass production for the type approved constituents (Railroad Safety ACT, 
Article 27 and 27 -2).  
ㅇ Type approval is granted to the design for notif ied constituents that meets technical 
and safety requirements of the technical regulations.   
ㅇ Manufacturer approval is production approval for the type approved constituents 
that the manufacturer can meet quality management requirements of the technical 
regulations.  
ㅇ MOLIT has enacted the technical regulations for the examination of type approval 
and manufacturer approval of 10 notified constituents in 2016, which were wheel, 
axle, coupler, rail, glued insulated rail, pre -stressed concrete sleeper, electr onic G/TBT/N/KOR/823  
 
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  interlocking system, AF (audio frequency) track circuit, automatic block system, and 
contact wire.  
ㅇ MOLIT has enacted the technical regulations for the examination of type approval 
and manufacturer approval of 6 notified constituents in 2017, which w ere wheel slide 
protection device, brake pad, brake cylinder unit, brake disk, tensioning device, and 
composite insulator.  
[Amendment of the technical regulations for railroad constituents]  
ㅇ MOLIT  plans to amend the technical regulations of wheels, axles, and coupler used 
for special purpose rolling stocks to be suspended until December 31, 2020  - special 
purpose rolling stocks built for special purposes such as maintenance of railway 
facilities or  accident restoration of rolling stocks  
ㅇ MOLIT also add a new constituent for type approval: roll spring type tensioning 
device.  
ㅇ MOLIT plans to amend the technical regulations of tensioning device for roll spring 
type device.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Enhancement of railroad safety  
8. Relevant documents:  MOLIT Notice No. 2019 -444 (April 5, 2019)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  30 June 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  30 June 2019 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Technical Barriers to Trade(TBT) Division  
Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS)  
93, Isu -ro, Maengdong -myeon, Eumseong -gun, Chungcheongbuk -do, 27737 Republic of 
Korea  
Tel.: (+82) 43 870 5525  
Fax: (+82) 43 870 5682  
E-mail: tbt@kats.go.kr   
website: http://www.knowtbt.kr  
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